Barron's 3500 words

laypersons; persons not connected with the clergy

beat; thrash verbally or physically

small surgical tool for making incisions

to lose animation or strength

lassitude; depression

long and thin

pantry; place where food is kept

to cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven

gross lewdness; lustfulness

defamatory statement

text of an opera

like wood

to draw; outline; describe

features, especially of the face

supplicatory prayer

flexible; supple

understatement for emphasis

reluctant; disinclined

metal-bearing vein

to lounge about

gallop slowly

clumsy person

to moo

money

celebrity; dignitary

wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome

to soften by soaking in liquid

spotted; stained

pastoral song

authoritative; imperious

generosity

boastful, pompous

uneasiness; vague feeling of ill-health

comic misuse of a word

evildoer; criminal

wishing evil

to speak evil of; badmouth; defame

one who feigns illness to escape work

to restrain; handcuff

affected; not natural

to emancipate; free from bondage

warlike

person who enjoys their own pain

to chew

rebel; nonconformist

mushy and gushy; icky-sticky sentimental; maudlin

indirect in speech; hypocritical; evasive

mania for doing grandiose things

sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious

collection of wild animals

to measure

sif; momentarily brilliant

courage; spirit

swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive, corrupting influence

environment; means of expression

menacing; threatening

affectedly dainty

petty details

to entangle; stick in swampy ground

wretch; villain

doubts